05 Nov20245th November 2024
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866 Dream Machines invented on 4 continents — MyMachine DreamsDrop 2024

866 Dream Machines invented on 4 continents — MyMachine DreamsDrop 2024

Creativity is going global! Earlier this year, we launched our MyMachine DreamsDrop Campaign 2024 to Primary School Teachers around the globe. We are deeply honoured and grateful for the response we received on our annual campaign. Teachers on four continents (from Canada to Australia) —also including Ukraine for the first time— joined 866 students who...

20 Nov20231st February 2024
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Open Call to Elementary/Primary School Teachers to join with their class!

Open Call to Elementary/Primary School Teachers to join with their class!

A marvellous opportunity to have the students in your class invent their Dream Machines! And who knows, perhaps they’ll even get an elaborated Proof-Of-Concept. Are you a teacher in elementary/primary school and want to join? It’s straightforward: this is how it works: 1/ have the children in your primary class invent and draw their Dream...

25 Aug202325th August 2023
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MyMachine DreamsDrop video from primary school in Slovenia

MyMachine DreamsDrop video from primary school in Slovenia

Primary school teachers Polona Žorž, Tanja Maver Jamšek and Marija Slejko from the school in Vrtovin have made this wonderful video. They made it at the end of their participation in our annual MyMachine DreamsDrop Campaign, in which we offer the opportunity to primary school teachers worldwide to join with their students. This class invented...

24 Aug202324th August 2023
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MyMachine DreamsDrop: Creative Co-Creation going global.

MyMachine DreamsDrop: Creative Co-Creation going global.

Creativity going global! In February, we launched our MyMachine DreamsDrop Campaign 2023 to Primary School Teachers around the globe. We are deeply honoured and grateful for the response we got on our annual campaign. Teachers in 13 countries on three continents joined (Belgium, Canada, Croatia, India, Italy, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Mozambique, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, USA)....

31 May202331st May 2023
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Oops…1 MILLION!

Oops…1 MILLION!

We were so busy last year that we forgot to celebrate reaching a 7 figure milestone: 💪🏼1 Million student-hours of building creative confidence! We’re now at 1.3M, which is like going to school* for 738 years. * Not just any school, but probably the most creative Dream Machine School on the planet. The MyMachine Co-Founders Filip Meuris,...

13 Mar202316th March 2023
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MyMachine DreamsDrop Campaign 2023: 748 Primary School Students from 13 countries on 3 continents

MyMachine DreamsDrop Campaign 2023: 748 Primary School Students from 13 countries on 3 continents

We are deeply honoured and grateful for the response we got on our annual campaign. We invited primary school teachers around the world to join with their students. Teachers in 13 countries on three continents joined (Belgium, Canada, Croatia, India, Italy, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Mozambique, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, USA). 748 students invented their Dream Machine....

22 Nov20221st February 2023
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Open Call to Primary School Teachers to join with their class!

Open Call to Primary School Teachers to join with their class!

<< Deadline extended to February 12th >> A marvellous opportunity to have the students in your class invent their Dream Machines! And who knows, perhaps even an elaborated Proof-Of-Concept. Are you a teacher in primary school and want to join? It’s straightforward: this is how it works: 1/ have the children in your primary class invent and draw...

30 Aug202230th August 2022
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Welcoming this VIP TO BELGIUM

Welcoming this VIP TO BELGIUM

Marión (Mexico) invented her Dream Machine (called Obvie) in the framework of our global MyMachine DreamsDrop Campaign 2022. This runs outside of the scope of our regular MyMachine Chapters across the world. Our annual MyMachine DreamsDrop Campaign allows us to engage with schools mainly outside of the geography of our existing Chapters. This campaign was...

22 Aug202222nd August 2022
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MyMachine DreamsDrop: Creative Co-Creation going global.

MyMachine DreamsDrop: Creative Co-Creation going global.

Creativity going global! In February we launched our MyMachine DreamsDrop Campaign 2022 to Primary School Teachers around the globe. Students in primary classes from different countries on 3 continents uploaded their dream machine! We selected ideas from 3 continents and University students at the School of Industrial Product Design at Howest University of Applied Sciences...

15 Mar202217th March 2022
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MyMachine DreamsDrop: university students in Belgium start working on Dream Machine Ideas from Canada and Mexico

MyMachine DreamsDrop: university students in Belgium start working on Dream Machine Ideas from Canada and Mexico

The next phase of the MyMachine DreamsDrop Campaign 2022 has started today. Until last Friday, primary school teachers (from different countries worldwide) have joined with their class by uploading Dream Machine Ideas from their students. We selected some ideas. from different schools around the globe. And today, students of Industrial Product Design at Howest University...

29 Jun202130th June 2021
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MyMachine DreamsDrop: 21 countries, co-creating across continents!

MyMachine DreamsDrop: 21 countries, co-creating across continents!

Creativity going global! In January we launched our MyMachine DreamsDrop Campaign 2021 to Primary School Teachers around the globe. Students from 21 countries (Morocco, South Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, India, Vietnam, Turkey, Armenia, Australia, New Zealand, Cyprus, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Poland, Canada, Usa, Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia) uploaded their dream machine! We picked 39 ideas (from all continents) and connected these to university students at the School of Industrial Product Design at Howest University...

08 Jun20218th June 2021
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Clean up the oceans

Clean up the oceans

Today is World Oceans Day. We thought it might be insightful to take a look at our world-map of ideas to see if there are ideas related to our oceans. So far, young children in 15 countries have uploaded ideas related to this topic. Including the Underwater Garbage Machine, invented by Nina (6) in Canada,...

21 Apr202120th April 2021
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Here’s our contribution to the World Creativity and Innovation Day: thousands and thousands of dream machines, matched with the united nations development goals

Here’s our contribution to the World Creativity and Innovation Day: thousands and thousands of dream machines, matched with the united nations development goals

Today is World Creativity and Innovation Day. Probably one of the most important topics in the world. We exist because of Creativity and take proud in the fact that our work has been selected for the Spotlight on Creativity by HundrED and the LEGO Foundation. All of us at MyMachine are so fortunate to celebrate...

13 Mar202113th March 2021
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500 Dream Machines from 21 countries

500 Dream Machines from 21 countries

Creativity going global. We are thrilled to share that our DreamsDrop Campaign 2021 has given over 500 children the opportunity to invent and upload their dream machine drawings to our world-map of ideas. Children from all continents have joined and they are from 21 countries: Morocco, South Africa, Kenya, Mozambique India, Vietnam, Turkey, Armenia Australia, New Zealand Cyprus, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Poland Canada, Usa, Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia. Those...

23 Mar202025th November 2020
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MyMachine DreamsDrop in Mozambique

MyMachine DreamsDrop in Mozambique

MyMachine DreamsDrop is a worldmap that invites anybody to upload their dream machine idea. Once a year we will pick some of the ideas and bring them to life with educational partners. We have just done this for the first time with participating schools from Mexico, Ecuador, Belgium, South Africa, Mozambique and India. The Escola...

13 Feb202025th November 2020
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Doctor Stranje El Hoyo Negro: MyMachine DreamsDrop: inventing in Mexico, building in Belgium

Doctor Stranje El Hoyo Negro: MyMachine DreamsDrop: inventing in Mexico, building in Belgium

STEP 1: MEXICO The primary school class at LIEF School in Villahermosa Mexico has invented this Dream Machine (and uploaded it to our worldmap of dream machine ideas): when you recycle plastic bottles, you receive Lego*-blocks in return. Here’s the class making drawings of their invented dream machines:   This is the original drawing for Doctor...

10 Sep201929th January 2021
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Join With Your Classroom

Join With Your Classroom

It’s something completely new. We are piloting our brand new MyMachine DreamsDrop. And we are inviting every primary classroom around the world to join! Joining is really easy: this is how it works: Have the children in the primary classroom invent and draw their Dream Machine(s) Upload these to our World Map of ideas before 15...